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1. IN A MACHINE FOR HANDLING ARTICLES, MEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES FOR TRANSPORTING ARTICLES ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH, MEANS OPERATING IN SYNCHRONISM WITH SAID MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING ARTICLES FOR TRANSFERRING SIMULTANEOUSLY A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES UPWARDLY AND DIRECTLY INTO A PLURALITY OF SAID INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES OF SAID TRANSPORTING MEANS DURING MOVEMENT OF THE SAME, SAID INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES OF SAID MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING ARTICLES INCLUDING MEANS FOR RETAINING THE ARTICLES AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN INSERTED THEREIN, SAID MEANS FOR TRANSPORTING ARTICLES ALSO INCLUDING MEANS FOR WEIGHING THE ARTICLES WHILE THEY ARE BEING TRANSPORTED, AND MEANS FOR EFFECTING DISCHARGE OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSPORT ASSEMBLIES OF THE TRANSPORTING MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE ARTICLE CARRIED THEREIN. 